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one person who was close to him said he got the sense that senator obama really wondered if he would be able to continue in politics >> reporter: and it raised real problems with his wife michelle >> the bobby rush race was the nadir of the obama marriage. her feeling was, why are you doing this? this is the moment when they want two totally different things. you know, barack obama wants political success. and his wife wants a normal life. i asked the esident andirst lady how long it had taken them to recover from that period? they said two to three years. so this is a serious toll on their relationship. >> woodruff: the choice: 2012 >> woodruff: "the choice 2012" airs on most pbs stations tonight. >> ifill: next, our series on "coping with climate change" looks at how the city of chicago is dealing with ever warmer temperatures, by trying to cool things down with changes to its landscape. we turn again to hari sreenivasan, who traveled there recently. >> that's your grandfather. >> sreenivasan: 15-year-old janell coleman only knows her grandfather through the photographs that her gr
one person who was close to him said he got the sense that senator obama really wondered if he would be able to continue in politics >> reporter: and it raised real problems with his wife michelle >> the bobby rush race was the nadir of the obama marriage. her feeling was, why are you doing this? this is the moment when they want two totally different things. you know, barack obama wants political success. and his wife wants a normal life. i asked the esident andirst lady how long...
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in early 2009 he voted for president obama's stimulus bill. and within weeks with the president and vice president looking on, he switched back to the democrats. specter's switch gave senate democrats the 60 votes to overcome filibusters and helped them pass health care reform. campaigning in 2010 he charged republicans had moved too far to the right. >> if you don't cotton up to the tea party gang you're no good >> reporter: it was in keeping with his years of courting pennsylvania's blue collar workers and labor unions >> we've been with him for a long, long time. he's never let us down. he's been true to his word, honest man. >> reporter: despite that sentiment and president obama's support spect lost the 2010 democratic primary to congressman joe sestak. along the way over two decades specter repeatedly fought off cancer but in late august he confirmd he was ailing again this time with non-hodgkins lymphoma and yesterday came word he had died at his home in philadelphia at age 82. in a statement the president summed up specter's long caree
in early 2009 he voted for president obama's stimulus bill. and within weeks with the president and vice president looking on, he switched back to the democrats. specter's switch gave senate democrats the 60 votes to overcome filibusters and helped them pass health care reform. campaigning in 2010 he charged republicans had moved too far to the right. >> if you don't cotton up to the tea party gang you're no good >> reporter: it was in keeping with his years of courting...
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democrats like senator john kerry at last month's convention seized on shifts like that one to argue that romney is not ready to guide foreign policy. >> mr. romney, here's a little advice. before you debate barack obama on foreign policy, you better finish the debate with yourself. >> woodruff: today the new obama ad pointed to romney's much criticized overseas trip during th summer to argue he lacks xperiencend clari o foreign affairs. >> reckless. amateurish. that's what news media and fellow republicans called mitt romney's gaffe-filled july tour of israel and poland. >> woodruff: all of this played out as the president himself was in southern california. he declared the home of the late farm workers' union leader caesar chavez a national landmark. he also held fund-raisers in los angeles and san francisco. his campaign and the democratic national committee raised $181 million in september the most for any month this year. but money aside, it appears romney's performance in last week's highly watched debate has improved his standing in the race. a new gallup tracking poll found t
democrats like senator john kerry at last month's convention seized on shifts like that one to argue that romney is not ready to guide foreign policy. >> mr. romney, here's a little advice. before you debate barack obama on foreign policy, you better finish the debate with yourself. >> woodruff: today the new obama ad pointed to romney's much criticized overseas trip during th summer to argue he lacks xperiencend clari o foreign affairs. >> reckless. amateurish. that's what...
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senator obama? >> well, oliver, first, let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means, as a practical matter, is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a million companies all across the country. so it could end up having an adverse effect on everybody, and that's why we had to take action. but we shouldn't have been there in the first place. now, i've got to correct a little bit of senator mccain's history, not surprisingly. let's, first of all, understand that the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system. senator mccain, as recently as march, bragged about the fact that he is a deregulator. on the other hand, two years ago,
senator obama? >> well, oliver, first, let me tell you what's in the rescue package for you. right now, the credit markets are frozen up and what that means, as a practical matter, is that small businesses and some large businesses just can't get loans. if they can't get a loan, that means that they can't make payroll. if they can't make payroll, then they may end up having to shut their doors and lay people off. and if you imagine just one company trying to deal with that, now imagine a...
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>>reporter: interesting it was four years ago that then young senator obama was facing the same questions governor romney is now about whether he had a fitness to be commander in chief. he was facing the questions not just from republicans in 2008 but from democrats and his own v.p. nominee biden who said before the 2008 election, at some point, he will be tested as a young commander in chief. they believe inside the white house he has passed that test. >>shepard: the attack on the consequence last left the president on the defensive. >> in doubt there is a vulnerability for the president on foreign policy because of what happened in benghazi. that is why mitt romney sees an opening. and our latest polling this month, it shows on the question of who do you trust more to handle foreign policy, the president is leading 52 percent to 41 percent. it was higher for him in september, at 54 percent trusting him more in september. a little bit of a shift in october. the bottom line, again, they feel confident in chicago and the campaign headquarters there, they believe the president has the edge
>>reporter: interesting it was four years ago that then young senator obama was facing the same questions governor romney is now about whether he had a fitness to be commander in chief. he was facing the questions not just from republicans in 2008 but from democrats and his own v.p. nominee biden who said before the 2008 election, at some point, he will be tested as a young commander in chief. they believe inside the white house he has passed that test. >>shepard: the attack on the...
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the senate committee said it wants to know what happened and why and why the obama administration's, quote, initial public assessment of this attack was subsequently proven inaccurate. jamie. >> molly, questions just about everybody wants answered. thank you so much. greg. >> president obama and his republican challenger mitt romney are focusing squarely on the next debate. the candidates getting ready for tuesday's town hall debate in new york while gov. romney is preparing for the second phase off he is telling voters in the battleground state of ohio and across the country that support for him is surging. chief political correspondent karl cameron is live in portssmith, ohio. >> we are just outside where he will have a big rally in moments. earlier today he did a little debate prep while his running mate paul ryan was on the campaign trail at youngstown, ohio. he took to task the president's decision to postpone a decision whether or not china is manipulating its currency and breaking free trade. we are bouncing all-around as we get ready to roll into this rally here. mr. ryan too
the senate committee said it wants to know what happened and why and why the obama administration's, quote, initial public assessment of this attack was subsequently proven inaccurate. jamie. >> molly, questions just about everybody wants answered. thank you so much. greg. >> president obama and his republican challenger mitt romney are focusing squarely on the next debate. the candidates getting ready for tuesday's town hall debate in new york while gov. romney is preparing for the...
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will obama raise taxes? yeah, but not just through congress. it will be done by treaties in the u.n. that can be ratified by the senate and the house of representatives has nothing to do with it. that's one of the major things we warn about in this book heree come the black helicopters." >> sean: that's pretty frightening. it's in bookstores as of tomorrow morning, amazon.com, called "black helicopters." dick, thank you. >> thank you. >> sean: when we come back, is there a major donor scandal about to blow up in the president's face? our guests say they have things that could derail the president before election day. and in the middle east, this time the israelis take out a drone. the middle east burning. this all happens as mitt romney goes out with a major foreign policy speech telling voters that the president has failed when it comes to the middle east. ♪ ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. [ male announcer ] why not talk to someone who owns an adjust
will obama raise taxes? yeah, but not just through congress. it will be done by treaties in the u.n. that can be ratified by the senate and the house of representatives has nothing to do with it. that's one of the major things we warn about in this book heree come the black helicopters." >> sean: that's pretty frightening. it's in bookstores as of tomorrow morning, amazon.com, called "black helicopters." dick, thank you. >> thank you. >> sean: when we come back,...
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you know who's working witonigh is for romney to be himself from senator portman. not to try too hard to appeal to people but come harvad with the answers. >> do you expect with regard to this aggressive obama i keep reading about, do you expect obama to be aggressive in an insulting negative way? will he bring up the 47%, bain capital, all the dirt he didn't really bring up in the last debate. >> history tells us obama's always had a cool political temperment. he never gets too hot or too cold. tomorrow, the media will be watching. does he get a little too aggressive? obama was cold in this first debate. tomorrow, important for him to have a little energy. important for him to have balance. if you don't think he will pull an al gore, do you and start walking over to romney to answer a question? >> if he does that, mitt romney should do exactly what george bush did in 2000, a little nod and set the pace. bush did it to gore in 2000 and mitt romney can do the same to obam obama. >> now, let's switch gears and turn to my exclusive sri with charles schwab, thank you v
you know who's working witonigh is for romney to be himself from senator portman. not to try too hard to appeal to people but come harvad with the answers. >> do you expect with regard to this aggressive obama i keep reading about, do you expect obama to be aggressive in an insulting negative way? will he bring up the 47%, bain capital, all the dirt he didn't really bring up in the last debate. >> history tells us obama's always had a cool political temperment. he never gets too hot...
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in fact, when senator mendez and senator kirk suggested tougher sanctions, obama opposed them. it was only after congress forced him to that he went forward and he's allowed the u.n. security council, russia and china to determine our policy. all these are acts of weaknesses as opposed to making clear and we haven't worked closely with our allies as evidence by the recent u.n. meeting when the president had time for whoopi goldberg but couldn't meet with netanyahu. >> one of the criticisms, this appears to be management of the arab spring. that is a big part. does governor romney think it was a mistake to push mubarak out? >> what he has said is that we have forces that are of extre extremism and forces of moderation an we should be aligned and help those forces. a difference in egypt is one that's on the table today. governor romney says we should have conditions. we shouldn't write off a billion dollar debt. >> but going back to mubarak. was that a mistake? does governor romney believe that's a mistake? >> how it was handled was a mistake. >> pushing mubarak out was a mistake
in fact, when senator mendez and senator kirk suggested tougher sanctions, obama opposed them. it was only after congress forced him to that he went forward and he's allowed the u.n. security council, russia and china to determine our policy. all these are acts of weaknesses as opposed to making clear and we haven't worked closely with our allies as evidence by the recent u.n. meeting when the president had time for whoopi goldberg but couldn't meet with netanyahu. >> one of the...
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will obama raise taxes? yeah, but not just through congress. it will be done by treaties in the u.n. that can be ratified by the senate and the house of representatives has nothing to do with it. that's one of the major things we warn about in this book heree come the black helicopters." >> sean: that's pretty frightening. it's in bookstores as of tomorrow morning, amazon.com, called "black helicopters." dick, thank you. >> thank you. >> sean: when we come back, is there a major donor scandal about to blow up in the president's face? our guests say they have things that could derail the president before election day. and in the middle east, this time the israelis take out a drone. the middle east burning. this all happens as mitt romney goes out with a major foreign policy speech telling voters that the president has failed when it comes to the middle east. we'll check in with john bolton straight ahead as he reacts. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. i wish my patients could see what i see. ♪ that over time, having high cholesterol and any
will obama raise taxes? yeah, but not just through congress. it will be done by treaties in the u.n. that can be ratified by the senate and the house of representatives has nothing to do with it. that's one of the major things we warn about in this book heree come the black helicopters." >> sean: that's pretty frightening. it's in bookstores as of tomorrow morning, amazon.com, called "black helicopters." dick, thank you. >> thank you. >> sean: when we come back,...
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look at results from 2008 now with senator mccain and senator obama. it ohio it went democratic, went blue, a huge victory for the president then. but just yesterday he went back right here to the heart of the state, that is franklin county, capital city, columbus. he was at ohio state university driving up younger vote there where he found so many votes just four years ago. now you see why he is going back yet again. if you then look at governor romney's strategy today, he is not going to columbus but going just north of it in delaware county. huge growth in this county. an offshoot of columbus and overhere in knox county where we saw john roberts. if you start to see the strategy now as for why ohio is so critical and the number of times, for governor romney, he is spending three of the next four-days in ohio alone, and you see in that what if scenario how critical that could be in the end four weeks away. martha, back to you. martha: thanks, bill. focus shifts to the vice-president deng debate which happens tomorrow night. earlier i sat down once ag
look at results from 2008 now with senator mccain and senator obama. it ohio it went democratic, went blue, a huge victory for the president then. but just yesterday he went back right here to the heart of the state, that is franklin county, capital city, columbus. he was at ohio state university driving up younger vote there where he found so many votes just four years ago. now you see why he is going back yet again. if you then look at governor romney's strategy today, he is not going to...
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>> i think president obama-- and we have had our agreement on president obama's policies-- kyle to the city intent on trying to find compromise. and he found senator demint and senator mcconnell who said their first priority was to take them down. it was the first major piece of social legislation which passed-- correct me if i'm wrong-- without a single opposition party vote. i think we're looking at a redistricting. the flood of money posted since citizens united. demographic shifts and i would like to see a real republican party, but we don't have one at the moment. we have an extremist republican party. there are-- the moderate republicans are an and i think breed. and i think that is dangerous and unhealthy. >> it's interesting that you're concerned about the republican party. i think that's very, very engaging of you, but you know what? this republican party is as strong and energetic and excited about guiding and directing there country as i have ever seen it in 20 years. the energy out there is similar to what we had with reagan. there's no question it's more-- >> what? >> i wa
>> i think president obama-- and we have had our agreement on president obama's policies-- kyle to the city intent on trying to find compromise. and he found senator demint and senator mcconnell who said their first priority was to take them down. it was the first major piece of social legislation which passed-- correct me if i'm wrong-- without a single opposition party vote. i think we're looking at a redistricting. the flood of money posted since citizens united. demographic shifts and...
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i think you'll see her try to remind viewers that he supports mitt romney, not president obama, and in the last debate, scott brown would not commit to voting to mitch mcconnell for senate majority leader if re-elected, but i think she'll try to tie him to the national republican party. another thing that happened in the last debate was scott brown was saying as a model supreme court justice, that scalia was the conservative justice, a model for him, and warren's campaign hit hard on that trying to bring up talk of, you know, important job of a senator is to confirm supreme court justice nominees, and scott brown said this conservative is an ideal justice for him. >> host: you touched on this a little bit, but why are people paying attention to the race? >> guest: it's one of the closest races in the country. scott brown is just one of two vulnerable republican incumbent senators up for re-election this year. the other is dean heller in nevada. it's been tight in polls over the last year, and then scott brown has been ahead in some over the last month or several weeks at least. warren
i think you'll see her try to remind viewers that he supports mitt romney, not president obama, and in the last debate, scott brown would not commit to voting to mitch mcconnell for senate majority leader if re-elected, but i think she'll try to tie him to the national republican party. another thing that happened in the last debate was scott brown was saying as a model supreme court justice, that scalia was the conservative justice, a model for him, and warren's campaign hit hard on that...
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president obama won it over senator mccain by five points, 52-47%. you know it, professor. ryan is going to hamilton. there are a lot of republican votes. it was a swing county with the president winning by eight, 54-46% . what do you see now for obama or romney? >> one of the biggest pluses the romney-ryan ticket has in ohio, is senator robb portman. he is working on hamilton county too. you're absolutely focus to turn on hamilton. they must get a big republican vote. the biggest problem they have in ohio is the auto industry question. the president obama is given credit for that by democrats and some independents in ohio. we'll see. it is getting closer in ohio. bill: it is close. what if scenario, professor. indulge me if you will. on our map here if we go full, if you look at the 11 battleground states that are in gray. this is the states where the polling show frankly it is too close to call. in our what if scenario, for governor romney we'll give him the sake for this discussion, 29 electoral votes in florida. remember you need 270 to win the white house. now he is 22
president obama won it over senator mccain by five points, 52-47%. you know it, professor. ryan is going to hamilton. there are a lot of republican votes. it was a swing county with the president winning by eight, 54-46% . what do you see now for obama or romney? >> one of the biggest pluses the romney-ryan ticket has in ohio, is senator robb portman. he is working on hamilton county too. you're absolutely focus to turn on hamilton. they must get a big republican vote. the biggest problem...
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the obama administration had two years of republican house and senate and they did not introduce the same reforms that had been introduced before. >> this is all politics. we are not the world police. we are not supposed to be the world police. you go back to george washington and he was saying, to not be the world police. what i want to know from the congressman is, will he admit he got hoodwinked on iraq? the government sold us a bill of goods about weapons of mass destruction for a country that has the gdp of a small city that was no threat there. it was no threat made or no ability to harm the united states, but here we are nine years into a war in iraq for 4,500 servicemen dead. he got faked out on that one. that is something we should not have been involved in. i wonder if the congressman would admit he was wrong? >> hindsight is 20/20. you had virtually the entire congress move along with the resolution to go to war. >> there is something happening in iran with nuclear weapons that is getting a lot of attention. how can we handle the threat of nukes in iran? >> right now there
the obama administration had two years of republican house and senate and they did not introduce the same reforms that had been introduced before. >> this is all politics. we are not the world police. we are not supposed to be the world police. you go back to george washington and he was saying, to not be the world police. what i want to know from the congressman is, will he admit he got hoodwinked on iraq? the government sold us a bill of goods about weapons of mass destruction for a...
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the first from the 2008 debate in which then senator joe biden nominee was barack obama discussing the role of the vice president and also reference to then vice president deck cheney. >> you mentioned the -- more pour than it has in the past. do you believe as vice president cheney does that the executive branch does not hold the founding fathers were wise in allowing the constitution much flexibility in the officer of the vice president and we will do what is best for the american people in tapping in to that position, and ushering in an agenda that is supportive in cooperative with the vice president's agenda in that position. yes, so i do agree with him that we have a lot of flexibility in there. and we'll do what we have to do to administrate very appropriately the plans that are needed for the nation and it is my executive experience that is parking lotly to be attributed to my pick sep with mccain not only as a governor earlier on as a mayor, and oil and gas regulator and business owner. it is both years of experience on an executive level that will be put to good used in the wh
the first from the 2008 debate in which then senator joe biden nominee was barack obama discussing the role of the vice president and also reference to then vice president deck cheney. >> you mentioned the -- more pour than it has in the past. do you believe as vice president cheney does that the executive branch does not hold the founding fathers were wise in allowing the constitution much flexibility in the officer of the vice president and we will do what is best for the american...
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the senate. i would give democrats a little bit of an edge with 10 races that are effectively within three points and one thing about the senate race is on election day in the nephew take out the way the elections like 06 and i wait for democrats, 2010 for republicans they -- two-thirds had to break one way or the other like dominos and they tend to break more one way or the other wherever that last -- >> because the race is so close. >> with this group in 06, you had missouri and montana and virginia, three states that effectively decided the majority in the senate. they were decided by 60,600 votes and it was well into the debate. >> who do you think will be in control of the senate? >> agreeing with charlie's math but the other end of the telescope. today you would say the favorite is president obama and today you would say democrats are likely to keep the senate. if governor romney has a very narrow path when you look state-by-state. governor romney wins the presidency that will mean there is
the senate. i would give democrats a little bit of an edge with 10 races that are effectively within three points and one thing about the senate race is on election day in the nephew take out the way the elections like 06 and i wait for democrats, 2010 for republicans they -- two-thirds had to break one way or the other like dominos and they tend to break more one way or the other wherever that last -- >> because the race is so close. >> with this group in 06, you had missouri and...
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of mitt romney and i guess senator portman watching in a hotel suite tonight. president obama was in the air on air force one for part of this tonight. how does this change prep for tuesday? >> well, i think we'll see certainly a more aggressive president obama. i think the interesting thing about it, we all kind of agree that this was probably a draw, which just draws attention to the fact of how rare it was last week when you had such a lopsided victory that everyone saw almost immediately and the president himself had to finally acknowledge. and then the question is if you have a draw, then who really wins ultimately? and you could say the republicans do because they're the ones who came in with momentum. but vice president biden was out there to stir up the base, to fire up the base. and if that was his objective tonight, he probably accomplished that. >> and tom brokaw, one of the elephants in the room, of course, is the business of moderating. a lot of talk about the job jim lehrer did. i think it will be mutually agreed that martha raddatz did a good job
of mitt romney and i guess senator portman watching in a hotel suite tonight. president obama was in the air on air force one for part of this tonight. how does this change prep for tuesday? >> well, i think we'll see certainly a more aggressive president obama. i think the interesting thing about it, we all kind of agree that this was probably a draw, which just draws attention to the fact of how rare it was last week when you had such a lopsided victory that everyone saw almost...
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let's ask senator d'amato. gr is here.ualso he senator, the state department making it clear eir conclusion was a terrorist attack under secretary -- made a clear they thought it was a terrorist attack. never mentioned the movie i a iv bin >>l,siot was a terrorist attack and we didn't have to wait this long to figure it out. if you look at that time and saw the scope, the magnitude, what took place, and then if you look at the state department warnings, wain fomts t noroea n beefed up security. guess what? they withdrew personnel, notwithstanding the top security officer if tripoli saying ed more secury. they widrew it bause ty twa tma, be. gsk tis ridiculous. >> brian: so you have people covering themselves. rick, i think we see a separation between ambassador ri, secretary of state clinton, and the other state department employees, the full timers, th lifers. do you see that happeningoday >>h. e'lofu. fiit aiot w eeik trori attack. i think the real question is what do you do about it? we've got a president ru
let's ask senator d'amato. gr is here.ualso he senator, the state department making it clear eir conclusion was a terrorist attack under secretary -- made a clear they thought it was a terrorist attack. never mentioned the movie i a iv bin >>l,siot was a terrorist attack and we didn't have to wait this long to figure it out. if you look at that time and saw the scope, the magnitude, what took place, and then if you look at the state department warnings, wain fomts t noroea n beefed up...
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in other words maybe 200,000 obama voters have to split the ticket to vote for republican for the senate. i think it will be an extremely close race but i think scott brown is a trip to candidate and ran a great campaign but it's a little uphill. it's close but i would give warren a little bit of an edge. i don't think frankly irked campaign is very good or she is very strong. >> i can make a prediction but i think warren is helped enormously by the president in massachusetts. species seems to have a growing edge. she has more -- raised more money than people thought that she would. it such a difficult state and a presidential year. in 2004 it was the bluest date in the nation except for d.c., had poor democratic votes. massachusetts had the highest democratic percentage and very difficult. scott brown has been hurt by the debate. it's very difficult to debate someone of a different gender. he feels a lot less pressure this time and it would be hard to be appropriately deferential. scott brown has had that problem and elizabeth warren has gone out every single time, referred to her as pr
in other words maybe 200,000 obama voters have to split the ticket to vote for republican for the senate. i think it will be an extremely close race but i think scott brown is a trip to candidate and ran a great campaign but it's a little uphill. it's close but i would give warren a little bit of an edge. i don't think frankly irked campaign is very good or she is very strong. >> i can make a prediction but i think warren is helped enormously by the president in massachusetts. species...
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the former governor of wisconsin now running for the senate seat. this is the response from tommy thompson's campaign, communications director. the governor has addressed this with his son, just like any father would do. jason thompson said something he should not have, and he apologizes. and, again, that was jason thompson, the son of tommy thompson, the former health and human services secretary, the former wisconsin govern and current candidate for the senate seat. i want to reiterate that the former governor was not at that brunch at that fall republican brunch in kenosha, wisconsin, and has put out that apology. we'll be right back. five days l, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a
the former governor of wisconsin now running for the senate seat. this is the response from tommy thompson's campaign, communications director. the governor has addressed this with his son, just like any father would do. jason thompson said something he should not have, and he apologizes. and, again, that was jason thompson, the son of tommy thompson, the former health and human services secretary, the former wisconsin govern and current candidate for the senate seat. i want to reiterate that...
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he's a chairman of foreign relations in the senate. he pointed out the essential problem with the romney/ryan position, which is they want to be critical, but they don't want to do anything different from what the obama team is doing. i mean, they agree with the 2014 withdrawal date for afghanistan. but we'll do it right. you know? but they're not proposing to do anything different. >> aside from those withdrawal dates, you basically are talking about an administration that has lifted the foreign policy of george bush and just supplanted it into their own scheme. >> foreign policy is more like a train. it's on rails. >> you're a journalist. what do you make of him challenging martha and saying here, come on, you can always find an army, soldier, some g.i. dog face willing to complain about the policy. he hit her on that. >> well, he did. he did point out something that's factual, actually, that you can always find people out on the posts who will criticize the pentagon. for the latest bone headed decision the pentagon has made. if the
he's a chairman of foreign relations in the senate. he pointed out the essential problem with the romney/ryan position, which is they want to be critical, but they don't want to do anything different from what the obama team is doing. i mean, they agree with the 2014 withdrawal date for afghanistan. but we'll do it right. you know? but they're not proposing to do anything different. >> aside from those withdrawal dates, you basically are talking about an administration that has lifted the...
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the obama campaign is trying to, you know, portrait mitt romney as a flip-flopper, and they also go back and foint to, you know, his philosophy or his stance on abortion back when he was governor of massachusetts. that's different from now, fred. >> there's also a chance that the next president will select at least one supreme court justice. right now the court is evenly split on the issue of abortion. is romney downplaying the importance of abortion rights over the next four years? >> good question, because, yes, most likely the next president, be it president obama or mitt romney, as the first-term president will have at least one, maybe two supreme court picks to make. it is interesting here because, you know, besides what the campaigns are saying, you're seeing a lot of independent groups like planned parenthood on one side and seeing social conservatives on the other side playing this issue up. how much do social issues matter? compared to the economy, not so much, but in a very close election, in a very close election, which it seems to be shaping up that way, these issues do matte
the obama campaign is trying to, you know, portrait mitt romney as a flip-flopper, and they also go back and foint to, you know, his philosophy or his stance on abortion back when he was governor of massachusetts. that's different from now, fred. >> there's also a chance that the next president will select at least one supreme court justice. right now the court is evenly split on the issue of abortion. is romney downplaying the importance of abortion rights over the next four years?...
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i mean, president obama prior to becoming president, largest management he had ostensibly the senate office. that's not exactly, you know, great training to run one of the largest enterprises known to m man. [inaudible] >> well, i'm very partial of. [laughter] >> there's a lot of ways -- [inaudible] [laughter] >> next question. the gentleman in the middle with a red tie. do you have a microphone? hold on a second. let's get a microphone to you, thank you. >> i'm jim talent with northstar policy, consulting and lobbying. we've talked about energy. i think we have enormous potential in the united states to devote our energy resources. it seems to me a lot of it is communications challenged. i mean, when you have a lisa doesn't mean you're going to find before. we talk about anwr for example, having enormous reserves but it takes a long time to actually find energy and develop it. is very expensive. how do we better communicate that to the average citizen in just its? i think that will be the key in order for us to have a sound energy policy and develop our resources that could benefit
i mean, president obama prior to becoming president, largest management he had ostensibly the senate office. that's not exactly, you know, great training to run one of the largest enterprises known to m man. [inaudible] >> well, i'm very partial of. [laughter] >> there's a lot of ways -- [inaudible] [laughter] >> next question. the gentleman in the middle with a red tie. do you have a microphone? hold on a second. let's get a microphone to you, thank you. >> i'm jim...